Greed and ruin drive hard bargains, and both drive mining. The
“Victoria’s personal physician Sir James Clark recorded that he feared for Victoria’s sanity in 1863, and there were some who thought that Victoria had inherited the “madness” that had taken hold of George III, Victoria’s grandfather.”
― Queen Victoria: A Life from Beginning to End
― Queen Victoria: A Life from Beginning to End
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